Articles for June 2009

Last week I was asked… “Where do you find inspiration or sources for new Posts?” The truth is… if you have to search too hard to find an idea for your post content, you may be targeting the wrong niche market! Now, with that out of the way… lets take a look at one of the hidden gems buried in Google Search, that you rarely hear about…
The Google Search Wonder Wheel!
If you have been around search for awhile, you may or may not have visited a site that was very …

You have probably heard of the new learning product soon to be released from Adam and Kelvin, the developers of the very popular Build a Niche Store software. Today, we learned that within the next week, we will all be able to read exactly how Adam and Kelvin have built their own Niche Empire with BANS and other content systems!
I have to be honest – When I got the first email from them the other day, I ran out and regged a new domain to promote the product… and even …

If you have ever had the pleasure of landing on a hard sales page, you know that the people who wrote it will always make an offer you simply can’t refuse… As Long As You Buy It Now!
From the countdown timers, to date displays, to limited to the next 5 buyers, while these statements may turn off a few buyers, they work… and they work well!
So – Why not apply them to an affiliate site that features a small selection of eBay listings? I mean… if the buy it now …

A friend of my oldest son Mark sent me an email ealier this week, asking what kind of tips I could provide for getting accepted into the eBay Partner Network Affiliate Program, commonly referred to the ePN.
As we all know, eBay has taken a different approach to its relationship with affiliates over the past year, and instead of simply approving every new member that comes along, they truly want to focus on quality versus quantity, when they look at the website of those applying.
I thought it was a good post …

Over the past weekend, I was asked by a reader… “How do you know when Google search dislikes your Niche Store?” It’s actually a very interesting question that DOES carry a few indicators you can watch for, to prevent the inevitable. Don’t get the wrong idea of “inevitable” meaning your site will be dropped from the G index! Your site may very well stay indexed forever, but the most popular search engine will just stop sending traffic!
Check Your Referrer Log First!
Depending on the log program you use to measure site …

I don’t know about the rest of you, but I like to celebrate small wins, and use what I learned from the experience to replicate the same steps on other sites, turning one small win, into two! This post is just a round-up of a few things going on in our world…
Coupon Kim is Turning Heads!
Late last month, I mentioned that I lost my wife to her true hobby, saving money and getting the most out of every dollar we have!If you look at the basic AWStat chart to …

Just in case any of you missed this… ePN is holding a $20,000 contest for affiliates in the month of June! Its a pretty cool contest geared around the eBay Daily Deals widget, that shows a small group of super hot sale items every day.
From the forum post:
Starting today, from June 1st through July 31st we will be giving away nine $1,000 Weekly Cash Prizes, one $1,000 Best Daily Deal Integration Prize, and a $10,000 Grand Prize! 
Creatives for the Contest
There are a few new creatives to test out… and …